Weekly ISS update: Kutryk's second spacewalk adds final array

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk and NASA’s Anil Menon completed the International Space Station’s eighth and final new solar array during a spacewalk on Nov. 5. The upgrade, part of a power-system overhaul that began in 2021, ends with the station’s generating capacity rising by about 30% to roughly 215 kilowatts, NASA reported. Kutryk, who led the outing, wore the red-striped suit and returned to the Quest airlock after six hours and 59 minutes. His two spacewalks now total about 14 hours, roughly three and a half hours short of Canada’s record set in 2007 by Dave Williams across three excursions. Canadarm2 operations are largely driven by ground teams.